The lost appeal also means that Minnesota's men's basketball records for the years violations occurred while Haskins was coach--the 1993 season through the 1998 season--will be vacated.

"Their record books, their media guides can't even make reference to those records," said NCAA spokeswoman Jane Jankowski. "It's as though they no longer exist."

Haskins has denied any wrongdoing in the widespread cheating scandal that surfaced in March 1999, when team tutor Jan Gangelhoff admitted writing more than 400 papers for at least 18 players in a five-year period.

The university pursued a nine-month, $2.2 million investigation and ended up approving a $1.5 million buyout of Haskins' contract.

The only way now that Haskins could be hired as a coach before 2007 is if a school can "show cause" before the infractions committee that Haskins should be hired.

- Shane Battier, who led Duke to the NCAA championship, capped an outstanding college career, winning the 25th John R. Wooden Award as the male player of the year.